1/10 ETUC workshop on anticipation of change and restructuring 7 March 2013 Restructuring Research at the EMCC Donald Storrie

2/10 NICE European Council Meeting 7-9 December “… as of 2001, in line with the proposals from the social partners, set up a ‘European Monitoring Centre on Change’ within the Dublin Foundation”. Joint opinion of the Social Partners delivered to the European Commission November 2000 “The core mission of the Observatory would consist in monitoring drivers of change in the European economy. “ “ “… special attention should be given to issues relating to employment and labour markets …” Managing Change: High level group on economic and social implications of industrial change. Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission very strongly emphasises restructuring and anticipating and managing structural change in the European economy The founding of the EMCC and its mandate

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4/10 1.Restructuring the Big Picture – The European Jobs Monitor 2.Restructuring happen every day - The European Restructuring Monitor Events Database 3. Restructuring regulation and support instruments 4. Restructuring studies 5. EMCC Labour Futures The EMCC covers most aspects of Restructuring in Europe

5/10 Edited by Enrique Fernandez-Macias, John Hurley and Donald Storrie Transformation of the Employment Structure in the EU and USA Restructuring The Big Picture European Jobs Monitor Palgrave Macmillan 2012

6/10 WAGES Employment growth in top wage jobs but with increasing tendency to polarisation Source: Eurofound

7/10 Change in Economic sectors PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION HIGH TECH INDUSTRY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONEDUCATION HEALTH LOW TECH INDUSTRY LOW KNOWLEDGE SERVICES KNOWLEDGE SERVICES Source: Eurofound

8/10 Polarization only in terms of wages EDUCATION YEARS JOB QUALITY WAGES Source: Eurofound

9/10 European Restructuring Monitor

10/10 2. Restructuring happens every day…. The European Restructuring Monitor Events Database Network of correspondents (EU 28+1) Monitoring restructuring: Announcements in newspapers Cases creating/destroying > 100 jobs or –threatening >10 % of the workforce in sites employing > 250 Database of fact sheets - compilation of comparative statistics Reporting –ERM Quarterly and annual reports –Regular reporting to DG EMPL during crisis (for monthly/quarterly labour market reports)

11/10 Recent announced large-scale restructuring job losses / gains (ERM)

12/10 ERM Restructuring Events Database

13/10 ERM: quarterly and annual reports

14/10 First time ever same question asked in all Member States about job loss Eurobarometer survey between 25 May and 17June 09 Representative sample of c.a people in each MS “Please tell me whether or not each of the following situations has happened to you, as a result of the economic crisis “. One possible response was “ You lost your job”.

15/10 Job loss rates

16/10 Job finding rates

17/10 Multivariate analysis of probability of job loss and finding new job Probability of.. JOB LOSSNEW JOB Age + OlderMiddle aged + Foreign background + Foreign Minority status + Minority- Minority Health + Bad health- Bad health Highest level of education attained + Low education- Low education Professional status + Unskilled blue collar- Unskilled blue collar Tenure with last / current employer - Long tenure

18/10 18 % of employees saying that restructuring or reorganisation took place at their workplaces in previous 3 years

19/10 19 more autonomy, teamwork, influence over how work is organised, task complexity, performance assessment … Better paid, more profit sharing Greater access to training but more likely to need ‘further training to cope well with their duties’ (+) Restructured employees more likely to …

20/10 20 Higher work intensity Higher job insecurity Higher levels of psychosocial workplace risk (bullying etc) report negative health outcomes, especially mental/psychosomatic type problems (sleeping disorders, stress, depression..) Greater levels of absenteeism and presenteeism (-) Restructured employees more likely to …

21/10 ERM annual reports (2013 “Ten years of ERM” – special on offshoring) 2012: After restructuring: labour markets, working conditions and life satisfaction 2011: Public instruments to support restructuring in Europe 2010: Extending flexicurity - The potential of short-time working schemes 2009: Restructuring in recession 2008: More and better jobs - Patterns of employment expansion in Europe 2007: Restructuring and employment in the EU: The impact of globalisation 2006: Restructuring and employment in the EU: Concepts, measurement and evidence

22/10 1. Restructuring support instruments 400 measures. Anticipation or management of change national governments, employers’ organisations and trade unions instruments in terms of their characteristics, involved actors, funding sources, strengths, weaknesses and outcomes. 2. Restructuring related legislation 300 statutory rules Content Thresholds involved actors costs 3. Restructuring - regulation and support instruments

23/10 4. Many other Restructuring Studies Much recent work on SMEs Born Globals Restructuring in SMEs (launch April/May) On-going Regional Restructuring Restructuring in the Public sector The Future of European Manufacturing

24/10 The future of European manufacturing?

25/10 IPad retails at $499 Costs Materials & components worldwide154 Labour (of which China $8) 33 Distribution & retail 75 Source: Kenneth L Kraemer University of California, Irvine. in The Third Industrial Revolution The Economist 21 st April 2012 Wages becoming an ever lower share of manufacturing costs

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